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E. ROTHSGHILD.

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APPLICATION FILED 110 :.22, 1911.

1,069,649, Patented Aug. 5, 1913.

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E. ROTHSCHILD BOX.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.22,1911.

1,669,649., Patented Aug. 5, 1913.

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gvwemtoz CHILD, a citizen of the United States, residand usefulImprovements in Boxes, of

ticularly to folded-b1ank boxes and has for -portion and arrangingstraps to extend around parts of the body and tinrirnn srnirsrn rnEmanuel; no'rnsonrnn, or erwninson, INDIANA.

specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 5, 11913.

Application filed November 22, 1911. Serial No. 661,898.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EMANUEL Hornsing atAnderson, in the county of Madison and State of Indiana, have inventednew which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to boxes, more paran object to provide a box madefrom a single piece of material and adapted to con tain wearing appareland the like.

In a large number of boxes now generally used, in department stores andthe like, for containing wearing apparel, the body of the box isfashioned from one piece of material, preferably cardboard and the coverfor the body is fashioned from a second piece of material. In a box ofthis kind each of the corners must be provided with looking lugs forsecuring portions of the box body and cover body to provide sides forthe box body and overlapping portions for the cover body, thusnecessitating a large amount of material to properly construct the twoparts of the box, namely the box body and the cover body. Furthermore,boxes of this nature are not substantially reinforced and the sides andends of the box, as well as the bottom of the box body and the top ofthe cover body tend to bulge outwardly and tear, any bulging of thiskind being also adapted to disengage the locking members at each of thecorners of the box.

In my device I employ a box portion and a cover portion, both made of anintegral piece of material, preferably cardboard, the mentioned boxportion and cover being provided with fewer locking members than theusual box described heretofore. By provid ing the cover portion to swingon the-body cover por-. tions, my box'can be conveniently carried in thesame manner that a suitcase or valise is carried, portions'of the strapbeing 'arranged to constitute grips and the-free end of thecover-port-ion being adapted to lock with the free end of the boxportion.

Reference is to behad to theaccompanyingdrawings constituting a'partiofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference denotecorresponding parts in all the views, and in which-- 1 Figure 1 Isaperspective view of a box,

showing'the same in closed position. Fig. 2

is a horizontal sectional view, looking down v upon the bottom of thebody portion of the box. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken onthe line 33 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary perspectiveview,

showing the. coverin partial open position and disclosing the manner ofreinforcing the box portion and cover portion at the 7 corners where thesame are hingedly connected. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the blank fromwhich the box is folded. Referring to the views and more particularly toFig. 5, I provide an integral piece of material 10, a portion 11 thereofconsti-' tuting a box body and a portion 12 thereof constituting a coverbody. The box body 11 is provided with ends13 and a side 14, the ends 13being formed of weakened portions 15 and the side 14 being formed by aweakened portion 16. In a similar manner the cover body 12 is providedwith ends 17 and a side 18, the ends 17 being formed by weakenedport-ions 19 and the side 18 being formed by a weakened portion 20. Theends 13 of the box body 11 are provided with integral locking tongues 21adapted to extend through slits 22 in the side 14 when the ends 13 havebeen bent laterally to the bottom 23 of the box body, the side 14 beingalso bent laterally so that the locking tongues 21 can be inserted inthe slits 22. Likewise the ends 17 of the cover body 12 are providedwith locking tongues 24: adapted to .extend' adapted to be bentlaterally inward from' the ends Band 17 respectively and theinner'longitndinal extremity'of the box body isprovided with a weakenedportion 29, the

inner extremity of the cover body being pro-,

vided' with a weakened portion 30, so that when the box body and .thecover body are bent on the weakened portions 29 and 30,

the reinforcing'fianges 27 of the box body 11 will overlap thereinforcing flanges 27 of the cover-body 12 as shown more particuin theslitsformed in the sides 14 and- 18 larly in Fig. 4, it being understoodthat the various locking members have been inserted of the box body 11and the cover body, 12

.. respectively. Thus when the coverbody 12 through an opening 33 in thebox body to is swung on the weakened portion 30 to engage the cover bodywith the box body 11, the laterally bent ends 17 and the laterally bentsidel8 of the cover body will overlap the laterally bent ends 13 and thelaterally bent side 14 of the box body 11 as-shown in after which thestrap passes inwardly through an opening 33 .in the box body. 11,

the said strap being then passed outwardly constitute a grip 34, thesaid strap being then passed inwardly through an opening- 35 in the boxbody and then passed outwardly through an opening 35 in the box body,the said strap bein then around the outer side of t e portion 31, afterwhich the strap is passed inwardly through an-opening'35 in the coverbody 12, after which the strap passes outwardly through an opening 35 inthe cover body,

' in Fig. 1.

and terminates in a grip 36, the grips 34 and 36 being of equal lengthand arranged so that the person carrying the box. can convenientlysecure both grips with one hand. It will be seen that the strap 32, atthe points Where the same passes through the outer side of the portion31, acts as a reinforcement for this part of the box and prevents theportion 31 from bulging when articles of apparel are placed within thebox.

Formed on the side 14 of the box body 11 is alocking member 37, the saidlocking member being adapted to extend through a slit 38 formed in theside 18 of the cover body 12-, to lock the free end of the body'12 tothe free end of the boxbody 11 as shown From the foregoing description,it will be seen that a box is provided in which the cover portion andthe body portion are made of an integral piece of material, in "whichfewerinterlocking joints are provided than in the boxes now generallyused andwhich" consists of independent oove'r and body portions, inwhich the free endofthe cover portion is adapted for locking engagementcover portions an passed lwith the free end of the body portion and iconstituting grip'slfor' enabling the user to 3 "easily carry the,boxwith portions of the in whicha strap isprovided, the said strap saidstrap for the box.

I claim:-

1.A one piece collapsible box of substan; tially rectangular 'formincluding a body portion, a cover portion, an intermediate portionconnectingrthe said body and the orming the rear wallof the box,coextensive side and front walls formed on said body and cover portionsand adapted'to overlap when the box is in its closed position, andsimilarly constructed reinforcing" members formed on the innerconstituting reinforcing means ends of the side walls of the cover andbody portions, said members adapted tooverlap-- for engagement witht-heinner face connecting rear wall ofthe box. .2-.-A one-piece collapsiblebox of substantially rectangular form including a body portion, a coverportion, an intermediate portion connecting the said body and the of thecover-i ortion's and forming-the. rear wall ofthe' ox, coextensive sideand front walls formed on said body -and cover" portions and adaptedtooverlap when. the "box is in its closed position, and. similarlyconstructed "reinforcing members having beveled side edge'sformed on theinner ends of the side walls of the cover and body portions, said-members adapted-to overlap for-engagement with the inner face of,theconnectin'g rear wall of-thebox. v

1 3. Acne-piece collapsible box of substantially rectangularformincluding a body portion, a cover portion, an intermediate portionconnecting the said body and the cover ortions and forming the rear wallof the box, coextensive side and front walls formed on said body andcover portions and adapted to overlap when the box is in its closedposition, and similarly constructed reinforcing members formedon-t'heinner ends of the side walls of thecoverand-body portions, saidmembers adapted to overlap forengagement with the inner face; ofth'econnecting rear wall of the box, said members being equal in length toapproximately half the width of the rear wall. 1

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

. I EMANUEL ROTHSCHILD. :Witnesses: r I I Euenmiti DAVIS,

'HOMER If; SCHWINDLER.

